The Lady Carling Eastern Open was a
golf
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tournament on the
LPGA Tour
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from 1962 to 1966 played at the
Pleasant Valley Country Club
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In 1959, a apple orchard was carved out to built Pleasant Valley C ...
in
Sutton
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* Sutton, Bedfordshire
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United States
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.
LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969
Winners
;Lady Carling Open
*1966 Kathy Whitworth
Kathrynne Ann Whitworth (September 27, 1939 – December 24, 2022) was an American professional golfer. During her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else on the LPGA or PGA Tours. Whitworth was also a runner-up ...
;Lady Carling Eastern Open
*1965 ''No tournament''
*1964 Mickey Wright
Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright (February 14, 1935 – February 17, 2020) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She became a member of the tour in 1955 and won 82 LPGA Tour career events including 13 major champions ...
*1963 Shirley Englehorn
Shirley Ruth Englehorn (December 12, 1940 – October 2, 2022) was an American professional golfer. Nicknamed "Dimples", she won 11 tournaments during her LPGA Tour career, including one major, the 1970 LPGA Championship.
Early life and amateu ...
(2)
;Eastern Open
*1962 Shirley Englehorn
Shirley Ruth Englehorn (December 12, 1940 – October 2, 2022) was an American professional golfer. Nicknamed "Dimples", she won 11 tournaments during her LPGA Tour career, including one major, the 1970 LPGA Championship.
Early life and amateu ...
See also
* - another LPGA Tour event, played in Maryland
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from 1964 to 1973
* - another LPGA Tour event, played in Connecticut
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in 1969
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